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The gallery below includes portraits of 20th-century African American activists of whom Prints & Photographs Division staff have been able to find images with no known restrictions on publication. This page presents individuals whose last names begin with the letters F through L, and appear in alphabetical order by the last name of the person depicted (except for Malcolm X, who appears in the "M" range). Click on an image or caption and a new browser tab will open with larger images and descriptive information about each portrait.
Marion S. Trikosko, photographer. James Farmer at a meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors, bust portrait, seated at a table before a microphone. 1964. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Marcus Garvey, 1887-1940. 1924. George Grantham Bain Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Hiller, Herman, photographer. Dick Gregory interviewed on telephone. 1949. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Warren K. Leffler, photographer. Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegate, at the Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey. 1964. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Warren K. Leffler, photographer. IVU w/ [i.e., interview with] Rev. Jesse Jackson. 1983. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Carl Van Vechten, photographer. Portrait of James Weldon Johnson. 1932. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Thomas J. O'Halloran, photographer. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, head-and-shoulders portrait, possibly seated in a Congressional chamber. 1976. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Warren K. Leffler, photographer. Coretta Scott King at the Democratic National Convention, New York City. 1976. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Marion S. Trikosko, photographer. Martin Luther King press conference. 1964. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
